NASA On a Mission

03/13/2023

In the season 4 finale, Rob Manning and Gentry Lee share secrets of the Mars rovers.

A journey to the stars doesn’t just begin at the launchpad. Discover new worlds through epic stories told by scientists on missions to outer space.

01/12/2023

Aaron Yazzie and others explain how, by scooping dirt and drilling rocks, rovers are digging deeper into the mysteries of Mars.

11/14/2022

How does a rover keep driving on a planet with no gas stations? Shonte Tucker, Sabah Bux and Rob Manning power us through the ways Mars rovers keep going.

10/03/2022

Before a rover can make tracks on Mars, it first has to rocket off Earth, speed through space, and then alight gently on the planet’s surface. Al Chen and Swati Mohan guide us through the many stages of a rover’s flight to Mars.
https://soundcloud.com/nasa/on-a-mission-season-4-episode-9-before-you-can-drive-first-you-have-to-fly?si=4db5cf04d5504d0596f26cb1f557c3dd&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Before a rover can make tracks on Mars, it first has to rocket off Earth, speed through space, and then alight gently on the planet’s surface. Al Chen and Swati Mohan guide us through the many stages

08/25/2022

Buckle up for a Mars tour with rover driver Vandi Verma, and learn how NASA’s rovers have evolved to better explore this alien world.
https://soundcloud.com/nasa/on-a-mission-season-4-episode-8-how-to-drive-a-mars-rover

Buckle up for a Mars tour with rover driver Vandi Verma, and learn how NASA’s rovers have evolved to better explore this alien world.

07/20/2022

Bob Balaram and Teddy Tzanetos share stories of how the Mars helicopter came to be, and transport us on Ingenuity’s flights through dusty Martian skies.

https://soundcloud.com/nasa/on-a-mission-season-4-episode-7-flying-with-ingenuity-the-mars-helicopter

Bob Balaram and Teddy Tzanetos share stories of how the Mars helicopter came to be, and transport us on Ingenuity’s flights through dusty Martian skies.

06/12/2022

Hear the stories behind NASA's latest Mars rover: Perseverance.

The Perseverance rover holds many promises: to look for evidence of life on Mars, to collect rock samples meant to be sent to Earth one day, and to test technology that could be used in a future human

04/21/2022

Explore a decade of Mars adventures with the impressive Curiosity rover
https://soundcloud.com/nasa/on-a-mission-season-4-episode-5-a-ton-of-curiosity

The Curiosity rover is a big nerd at heart, fitted with a science lab to take in the planet Mars. Get the inside scoop on the mission’s many discoveries and dramas after a decade on the Red Planet.

03/16/2022

Tune in to hear the adventures of Spirit and Opportunity. The twin rovers were born together, but they landed on opposite sides of the Red Planet. Opportunity’s journey was marked by good fortune and had a nearly 15 year run, but Spirit’s was troubled from the start.

Born together, the Spirit and Opportunity twin rovers followed divergent paths after they landed on opposite sides of Mars. Opportunity’s journey was marked by good fortune, while Spirit’s was trouble

02/16/2022

Episode 3 now available:
Rise of the Twins: Spirit and Opportunity.
https://soundcloud.com/nasa/on-a-mission-season-4-episode-3-rise-of-the-twins

After two failed missions to Mars, NASA tried to double their odds for success by sending twin rovers to the Red Planet. Part one of the story of Spirit and Opportunity takes us from their birth to their launch from Earth.

01/18/2022

NASA’s first rover on Mars was a cute little bundle of robotic joy. Many thought it was likely to fail. Instead, Sojourner revolutionized how we explore Mars, and marked the start of 25 years of Mars rover adventures.

https://soundcloud.com/nasa/on-a-mission-season-4-episode-2-first-steps-sojourner

NASA’s first rover on Mars was a cute little bundle of robotic joy. Many thought it was likely to fail. Instead, Sojourner revolutionized how we explore Mars, and marked the start of 25 years of Mars

12/20/2021

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-jpls-on-a-mission-podcast-new-season-rolls-out-with-mars-rovers

With the first episode available now, Season Four shares the personal stories of the people who’ve helped put NASA’s six-wheeled explorers on the Red Planet.

12/20/2021

Season 4 of "On a Mission" will be all about Mars rovers! Episode 1 launches with Jennifer Trosper in the driver's seat. Check it out at:
https://soundcloud.com/nasa/on-a-mission-driven-to-mars
or
https://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/jpl/driven-to-mars-s4e1

Season four launches with Jennifer Trosper in the driver’s seat. As she looks in the rearview mirror at twenty-five years of exploring with NASA’s Mars rovers, she reveals how their progression has ke